Bottle-cap machine



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A TTORNE Y Patented Fiel-(14, leas.

' UNITED STAT-Es PATENT carica/ HARRY L. COMPTON,SOF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOB T0 THE AMERICAN DAIRY- SUPPLY COMPANY, 0F BANGOR, MAINE, A CORPORATION 0l' MAINE.

BOTTLE-car MAQHINE.

, Application alea :rune 1o, 192s. 'serial no. 115,044.

normally lies flush with the surface of the disk, but which may be lifted at one end to serve as a pull-piece by which to unseat and remove the cap or closure. s

The present machine is in the nature of an improvement upon a prior machine, the.

improvements tending to simplification of the construction and operation of themachine, and permitting efficientl production ofA caps of various sizes. The efficiency arises from the fact that in the` present'machine adjustments are possible permitting caps of Idifferent sizes to be,I cut from a lstock 'strip in closely juxtaposed relation, while in prior machines the lfeed was constant. Therefore, when a machine capable of producing a large cap was used for production of a small cap, there was considerable wasted stock intervening between adjacent caps. The present machine is accordingly constructed o'n l )what may be termed the unit plan, there by identical units to permit repair, said' being a main frame with a plurality of driving mechanisms ufixed thereon, and a plu-.i

rality of special mechanisms or units also supportedon the frame in operative relation with the driving mechanisms. These units are bodily removable and replaceable units involving an adjustment feature of one or another character such as to permit the mechanism to function at different points in the path of thestock strip. This adjustment necessary to allow the strip to be fed intermittently at different rates commensurate-with different sizes of cap, vand yet register in different points ofrest with the various mechanisms which perform the successive operations necessary to production of the complete ca The necessary adjustment can be' effected in different ways and is so effected. One way is to adjust the mechanism asa unit in a direction'parallel with thepath of intermittent travel of the stock strip. This character of adjustment is used 1n connection with thel stapler, for example. Another mode of'adjustmentis to moun the tool which operates on the stock strip in different positions relatively to its driving means. This type of adjustment is used in the printlngmechanism in which the dies are displaced on their carrier to correspond to the desired' point of action,- and-in the scoring and milling mechanisms. Such a construction simplifies the driving mechanism, se cures the necessary range -of adjustment,

and permits ready replacement Coit'- Worn or damaged parts.

Capability vof producing economically finished disks of different .sizes on'the same machine, the unit` construction just noted, and the relative adjustability of the-various devices, hence constitute leading /features of the present invention and improvements.

Other features are afnovel'cutter' for c'utting from a long strip or reel, suitable lengths of material for the formation of the tabs or pull-pieces; improved wire-cutting and staple-forming` and driving mechanism, for producing' and driving the staples through the tab and the Vdisk or cap and securing the tab, to the disk; special printing-form carriers and mounts, whereby the forms may be positioned for a larger or a smaller disk without disturbing or adjusting any other portion of the printing mechanism; a novel die orcutter forpunching or cutting the disks from the strip or'band and adaptable to larger or smaller disks; im-

proved means for applying paraffin to both faces of Athe otherwise .completed disks or caps; improved mechanism for delivering the disks to and feeding them into. containing tubes or cartons, and crimping said tubes or cartons to Aprevent escape of the disks therefrom and means for ensuring uniform length of thev filledand crimped containers or cartons. Other minor features and de tails of improvement will be pointed out `as the description proceeds.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: i

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine looking at its front or forward side 

